West Broward motorists who take Miramar Parkway to access Interstate 75 encountered delays Wednesday morning because of an accident involving an overturned lunch truck. The accident happened shortly after 7:30 a.m. in the westbound lanes of Miramar Parkway near Monarch Lakes Boulevard. Westbound traffic was restricted to a single lane until shortly after 9 a.m. At least one person was hospitalized following the crash. Shortly before 9:30 a.m., as the overturned truck was about to be towed, there was a minor crash involving two eastbound cars that was temporarily slowing traffic through the scene.

Two people were seriously injured Wednesday when a pickup rolled over on Interstate 75 just south of the Broward line. A pickup with an ATV in the bed was traveling southbound on I-75 around 6 p.m. when it overturned, seriously injuring the truck's two occpants, Florida Highway Patrol spokesman Jose Sanchez said. No other vehicle was involved in the accident. Both occupants were taken to hospitals — one by air to Jackson Memorial Hospital and one by ground to Kendall Regional Medical Center, Sanchez said.

Southbound Interstate 95 is moving very slow through Hallandale Beach because of an accident south of the Hallandale Beach Boulevard exit, according to the Florida Highway Patrol. The accident was reported shortly before 9 a.m. and temporarily restricted all southbound traffic to a single lane. All lanes have since reopened, but traffic remained slow because of residual delays.

A Coca-Cola tractor trailer jackknifed Friday afternoon, causing major delays in the southbound lanes of Interstate 95 in Broward. The accident happened at 3:15 p.m. just north of Sheridan Street, according to the Florida Department of Transportation website. Law enforcement blocked the four left southbound lanes, allowing traffic to pass only in the two right lanes, according to the department. As of 4:15 p.m., traffic was backed up to Oakland Park Boulevard. Information about the tractor trailer's driver, whether other vehicles were involved in the accident and the cause of the accident was not immediately known.

A Monday morning crash was blocking lanes of southbound Interstate 95 after Pembroke Road, according to the Florida Highway Patrol. The accident was reported shortly before 6 a.m. Delays were minimal because of early morning light volume. No other information about the crash was immediately available.

An accident Thursday morning briefly closed three westbound lanes of Interstate 595 just west of Southwest 136th Avenue. The three-vehicle accident happened about 8 a.m. when a car spun in front of a truck, according to Florida Highway Patrol Sgt. Mark Wysocky. What caused the spin wasn't immediately known. The driver of the car was airlifted to a hospital and the passenger was taken by ground, Wysocky said. The extent of their injuries was not known. The accident remains under investigation.

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Traffic was detoured Thursday morning in the northbound lanes of Hiatus Road at Washington Street because of an accident involving a car and an SUV. Pembroke Pines Police Capt. Bryan Davis said some people were injured, including a child, but none of the injuries were life-threatening. He said the crash, which happened shortly before 6:30 a.m., involved a right-of-way violation by one of the vehicles. The northbound lanes of Hiatus Road were closed as first responders tended to the accident victims and an investigation was taking place.

There were major delays Wednesday morning in the area of West McNab Road and North University Drive because of a traffic accident, according to the Broward Sheriff's Office. The accident was reported shortly before 7:35 a.m. and was said to involve multiple vehicles, including one that rolled over. Motorists were being advised to avoid the area. Alternate north-south routes include Pine Island Road to the west and Southwest 81 s t Avenue to the east of University Dr. Alternate east-west routes include Southgate Boulevard to the north of McNab or Commercial Boulevard to the south.

A motorcyclist died following an accident Saturday with a pickup truck in Coral Springs. The two motorists were both traveling westbound on the 9000 block of Royal Palm Boulevard, west of University Drive, said Sgt. Joe McHugh, a spokesman for the Coral Springs Police Department. The driver of pickup truck, a 44-year-old man, was in the left lane nearest the median, while the motorcyclist, a 38-year-old woman, was in a right lane, McHugh said. The motorcyclist was pronounced dead on the scene.

A woman was arrested Friday night at a residence in Pompano Beach after officials say she caused a three-vehicle accident in Oakland Park, then fled. The woman sideswiped a vehicle around 8:45 p.m. in the 1300 block of East Commercial Boulevard, Broward sheriff's spokeswoman Keyla Concepcion said. The second vehicle then hit a third vehicle, sending it into a nearby structure. A witness chased the original vehicle all the way to a residence in the 1000 block of Southwest Fourth Terrace in Pompano Beach, where the driver was arrested, Concepcion said.

Stormy conditions caused several traffic accidents in Fort Lauderdale during rush hour Monday, Fort Lauderdale Fire Rescue Deputy Fire Chief Timothy C. Heiser said. Although there were significant road delays, those involved suffered only minor injuries, Heiser said. He did not know of any patients taken to hospitals. "We had a lot of accidents due to the weather," Heiser said. "Heavy rain, the time of day and onlookers snarled traffic, especially on Sunrise. " A three-vehicle accident in the 2000 block of West Sunrise Boulevard blocked westbound lanes for about 30 minutes, causing "severe delays," Heiser said.

A woman was hurt Monday after her car was hit by a Tri-Rail train. The accident happened shortly after 12:30 p.m. at 25th Street and Windsor in West Palm Beach. Tri-Rail spokeswoman Bonnie Arnold says there were 25 people on the train at the time of the accident but no one on the train was injured. Northbound trains will stop at West Palm Beach. Southbound trains will start in West Palm Beach. Passengers will be bused to the next train location.

With a broad smile on his face and huge relief in his heart, Joseph McGowan was formally cleared Friday of leaving the scene of an accident that killed a woman pedestrian on Interstate 595. An appeals court threw out his 2012 conviction earlier this year, ruling that there was no evidence that McGowan knew - or that he even should have known - that his vehicle struck a person. The court also ruled that the evidence was so lacking that the case should never have been sent to the jury.

A 13-year-old Lauderhill boy died Thursday morning in a car accident on Interstate 95 in Indian River County. Dylan Joseph was ejected from a 2005 Isuzu Ascender when the driver lost control and the SUV overturned on northbound I-95 at mile marker 158, according to Florida Highway Patrol Sgt. Mark G. Wysocky. Joseph was taken to Sebastian Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead at 11:40 a.m., Wysocky said. Driver Jamila Mandisa Myrtis Stewart, 25, and passengers Charmaine Maria Sutherland, 47; Joshua Brooks, 11; Kyle Joseph, 11; and Ryan Joseph, 14; all of Lauderhill, were taken to hospitals and treated for minor injuries, Wysocky said.

Six people were taken to two hospitals with minor injuries Monday after a public bus crashed into a Jeep in Wilton Manors. Five bus passengers and the Jeep's driver were taken to Broward Health Medical Center and Holy Cross Hospital, both in Fort Lauderdale, with injuries that were not life threatening, Fort Lauderdale Fire Rescue Deputy Fire Chief Timothy C. Heiser said. Several others were treated in the 1900 block of Northeast 26 Street, where the accident happened. Heiser said the cause of the accident is unclear because he received different accounts of what happened.

A 43-year-old man was killed Friday evening after he was hit by a car while riding his bike, the Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office said. Brent Becraft died in the accident, which happened at about 6:30 p.m. at Boynton Beach Boulevard and Lyons Road. Deputies say Becraft was riding his Cannondale bike in the bicycle lane going north on Lyons Road. A 2008 Dodge van, driven by 51-year-old Rafael Perez, was headed west on Boynton Beach Boulevard. Deputies said Becraft pedaled through a red light into the intersection and was hit by the van and tossed into the air. Becraft was taken to Delray Medical Center, where he died, deputies said.

Broward County drivers continue to face southbound delays on the Sawgrass Expressway approaching Sample Road because of a traffic crash, according to the Florida Department of Transportation. The accident happened shortly after 6 a.m. and by 7:30 a.m. two right lanes continued to be blocked and southbound traffic was backed up be yond Coral Ridge Drive. No details about the accident were immediately available. Congestion, wet roads from passing showers and numerous accidents were slowing the morning commute through much of the South Florida region Thursday morning.

Police are looking for a hit-and-run driver who critically injured a bicyclist on Pines Boulevard early Monday. The driver was behind the wheel of a Land Rover SUV, which may have front-end damage on the passenger side, said Sgt. Christopher Sengelmann, a spokesman for the Pembroke Pines Police Department. Mohamed Anwer, 22, suffered "extensive injuries" and was taken to Memorial Regional Hospital in Hollywood, where he remained in critical condition Monday afternoon, Sengelmann said.

In the latest in a recent spate of job site tragedies, one worker was killed and two others were injured Monday when a beam collapsed at a Fort Lauderdale construction site, officials said. The death, which apparently occured when the three men were knocked off a ladder, marks at least the sixth workplace fatality in Broward County in the past seven weeks. "Construction is a very dangerous type of industry," said Kristi Ronyak, president of a South Florida charity called Construction Angels, which provides financial aide and grief counseling to the families of workers killed on the job. "There are a lot of projects, and a lot of new hires.